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Posted by Timberwoof on March 13, 2007, 10:32 pm
richblacksmith@adelphia.net wrote:
> ok guys, some good advice so far...here is some more info on my
> part...I don't really intend on any highway driving, mostly rural or
> country roads. Hopping around town too. Figured on a little larger
> bike as it would be a little tough with my wife on the back end. I
> had a Yamaha 650 when I was younger, but it was a dog with my
> girlfriend on the back. Still no comments on the particular bike that
> I like???
Well, nobody wants to diss the bike you like. I'm not partial to
cruisers myself, so I have nothing to say about them. :-)
Now I will tell you why I ride what I do, a love-it-or-hate-it BMW
R1100GS. It's a tall bike, built sort of like a buffalo, with a vaguely
obscene second fender in front. But it has a really comfortable upright
seating position and footpegs straight down. That makes it good for long
distances where the laid-back or laid-forward positions of cruisers or
sportbikes will hurt your back.
Wayne, I read your trials and tribulations about cruisers and sportbikes
... have you ever considered that funky big BMW, the GS?
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Timberwoof <me at timberwoof dot com>
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> part...I don't really intend on any highway driving, mostly rural or
> country roads. Hopping around town too. Figured on a little larger
> bike as it would be a little tough with my wife on the back end. I
> had a Yamaha 650 when I was younger, but it was a dog with my
> girlfriend on the back. Still no comments on the particular bike that
> I like???